Sauce Boat
ca. 1745-1760 (made)
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The interior has a Chinese figure holding a flowering branch with a bird. The exterior has flowers and birds in blue. The rim is in reddish brown.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Handle of near-round section. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Handle of near-round section. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue |
| Brief description | Delftware sauceboat, with painted decoration depicting a Chinese figure with birds and flowers, Liverpool, ca. 1745-1760 |
| Physical description | The interior has a Chinese figure holding a flowering branch with a bird. The exterior has flowers and birds in blue. The rim is in reddish brown. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Shape: Handle of near-round section. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
| Object history | Mellor Bequest, 1963. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | G18. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.40-1963 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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